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2.94 AVERAGE
2.94 AVERAGE
Some very spicy scenes. Very playful verbiage throughout that still failed to dodge the censor.
Ha, I had no idea what I was getting into when I started this book. I randomly picked it out because I was looking for an eighteenth century novel to read. Low and behold, it was a little bit of smut.
I rather enjoyed the story, it was fun to read a story about a woman pursuing her pleasure and not dying at the end but there is no doubt that it got a little tiring to read about all the wonderful lovers and their significant members, along with all the maidenly woman of pleasure. Pages of description with no action rather dulled the story, and I'm never going to hear the word vermilion again without thinking of this book.
I rather enjoyed the story, it was fun to read a story about a woman pursuing her pleasure and not dying at the end but there is no doubt that it got a little tiring to read about all the wonderful lovers and their significant members, along with all the maidenly woman of pleasure. Pages of description with no action rather dulled the story, and I'm never going to hear the word vermilion again without thinking of this book.
reflective
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
When you consider this book was written almost 300 years ago, you begin to realize that human sexual nature (and appetite) hasn't changed much over the past few centuries. Anyone who has watched a campy 70s or 80s porn, where the screenwriters literally use any kind of human interaction to instigate a sex scene, you would surprised to know that that mentality existed in 1749 as much as it does today.
Having read modern erotica, I was impressed with how tastefully and artistically the author describes the explicit sex scenes. True that it was raunchy, but those without a decent vocabulary and vivid imagination might not get the whole picture.
As far as a plot - just as in modern porn - there really isn't much of one. If you jump into the book looking for literary depth, you will be very disappointed. If you're looking for well-written, so-silly-it's-entertaining erotica, then this is a good book.
Having read modern erotica, I was impressed with how tastefully and artistically the author describes the explicit sex scenes. True that it was raunchy, but those without a decent vocabulary and vivid imagination might not get the whole picture.
As far as a plot - just as in modern porn - there really isn't much of one. If you jump into the book looking for literary depth, you will be very disappointed. If you're looking for well-written, so-silly-it's-entertaining erotica, then this is a good book.
adventurous
dark
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I saw the Penguin edition of this on the classics shelf in the children's section of Borders Singapore (before it followed its US parent and Australian big brother into obliviion) and nearly died laughing. I don't know if it was put there by a troll, or by a particularly stupid employee who assumed that anything "classic" must be wholesome.